# Babcock & Wilcox selects Siemens Energy for 1 GW steam turbine project for Applied Digital

Babcock & Wilcox selected Siemens Energy to provide steam turbine generator sets for four 300 MW natural-gas-fired power plants to deliver 1 GW of capacity for an Applied Digital AI factory, with power delivery expected by end of 2028.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2026-03-01
- Where: West Virginia, United States
- Value: $2.40B
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1 GW
- Products: steam turbine generator sets, natural-gas-fired power plants
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Babcock & Wilcox](https://endata.com/companies/16052.md)
- [Siemens Energy](https://endata.com/companies/6803.md) (customer)
- [Siemens Energy](https://endata.com/companies/6803.md) (supplier)
- [Babcock & Wilcox](https://endata.com/companies/16052.md) (supplier)
- [Applied Digital](https://endata.com/companies/16053.md) (customer)
- [Applied Digital](https://endata.com/companies/16053.md) (partner)
- [Base Electron](https://endata.com/companies/32136.md) (customer)
- [TerraSpark](https://endata.com/companies/90676.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [modernpowersystems.com](https://www.modernpowersystems.com/data-centre-power/babcock-wilcox-selects-siemens-energy-steam-turbine-generators-for-applied-digital-project/), 2026-03-03: "Our selection of Siemens Energy [steam turbines] is a key step in delivering efficient, reliable power for our customer, Applied Digital, and the rapidly growing AI Data Center market."
- [babcock.com](https://www.babcock.com/home/about/corporate/news?category=3), 2026-03-04: "B&W announced today that it has received full notice to proceed on a $2.4 billion design-build agreement with Base Electron."
- [barchart.com](https://www.barchart.com/press-releases/554788/babcock-wilcox-receives-full-notice-to-proceed-on-2-4-billion-power-generation-project-for-base-electron-to-supply-power-to-applied-digital-ai-factory-campuses), 2026-03-04: "Receiving full notice to proceed for this $2.4 billion project further underscores the strategic role B&W plays in supporting the rapidly expanding power needs of large‑scale AI data centers."
- [finance.yahoo.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/babcock-wilcox-receives-full-notice-113000478.html), 2026-03-04: "Receiving full notice to proceed for this $2.4 billion project further underscores the strategic role B&W plays in supporting the rapidly expanding power needs of large‑scale AI data centers."
- [marketscreener.com](https://www.marketscreener.com/news/babcock-wilcox-receives-full-notice-to-proceed-on-2-4-billion-power-generation-project-for-base-e-ce7e5cd3df8ef724), 2026-03-04: "Receiving full notice to proceed for this $2.4 billion project further underscores the strategic role B&W plays in supporting the rapidly expanding power needs of large‑scale AI data centers."
- [economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/babcock-wilcox-gets-nod-for-2-4-billion-project-to-power-ai-campuses/articleshow/129031232.cms), 2026-03-04: "Babcock & Wilcox said on Wednesday an Applied Digital-backed company has given a go-ahead to their $2.4 billion deal to deliver equipment that would power the technology firm's artificial intelligence campuses."
- [power-eng.com](https://www.power-eng.com/gas/babcock-wilcox-to-proceed-with-1-2-gw-generation-project-for-data-center-power/), 2026-03-09: "Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) announced that it has received full notice to proceed on a $2.4 billion design-build agreement with Base Electron to deliver 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of new generation capacity."
- [power-eng.com](https://www.power-eng.com/operations-maintenance/as-turbine-queues-tighten-babcock-wilcox-sees-opening-for-boiler-steam-packages-in-data-center-power-race/), 2026-05-05: "We came up with a solution. We put some options on the table with them that looked like gas-fired boilers and steam turbines, which, frankly, they hadn't really thought about before, because they were seeing all the lead time issues."

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